eldartford
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| What do you think about Definitive Technology? I have come to realize that you really cannot realize the potential of multichannel unless all the speakers are the same. This is something that I didn't believe at first, but has become apparent through experience.If the visual impact is acceptab... | |
| What LP shows what analog can do? From the album cover of Audio Fidelity Stereodisc AFSD 5861 ("Minstrel Time with the Dukes of Dixieland")..."Audio Fidelity Records produced and released the world's first Stereophonic High Fidelity record (Stereodisc) in November , 1957".I don't ... | |
| Has anyone tried SET tubes amps with maggie 1.6's Try driving them with a clock radio! Probably about 1 watt. Surprisingly the radio sound will be quite good, but you won't get what you paid for from the Maggies. | |
| What componant degrades the signal least/most? Ohlala...at first I thought your remark about Circadian rhythms was off the wall, but on second thought I suspect there is some truth in it. However, the effect acts on your ears and brain rather than on the audio hardware. I know that my eyesight... | |
| What componant degrades the signal least/most? Mechanical/Electrical transducers are the problem.1. The microphones used to make the recording.2. If you play an LP, the pickup.3. The speakers.IMHO These account for about 95% of the sound quality, assuming that the electronics are at least midf... | |
| Dynaco owners please comment The Dynakit stereo 120 was the first solid state amp that I owned, replacing a 40wpc Eico tube job.The ST120 circuit was very different from just about every other transistorized amplifier (including later Dynaco units) in that it did not have a c... | |
| older LPs - different EQ? The first separate preamp that I had was a Heathkit, and it had several different equalizations. To tell the truth, the different curves were not all that much different, and judicious use of tone controls or better still, an equalizer, will solve... | |
| Who will survive? One last table til I die. sean...regarding deterioration of phono cartridges over time, I think it is the elastomer (rubber) in the stylus mounting that hardens over time, and if left unused (unflexed) for a time. I can't think of anything in the cartridge body that would ... | |
| Anti-skating problem Try a different cartridge...borrow one if you can. It sounds as if antiskating has no effect (too much or too little) so the conclusion must be that antiskating is not the problem. | |
| Question about seperate tuners Just about all tuners today have audio quality that is as good as the signal which stations transmit. The important specs and the costs relate to sensitivity and selectivity, and these matter greatly if you live in a "fringe" (weak signal) area, o... | |
| Magnepan ribbons problems When I was considering purchase of Magnepans recently I was concerned about the ribbon reliability. I was told that Magnepan does not deny that these units can and do fail, but they provide repair service at very reasonable cost. In the end I boug... | |
| Copies Better Than Originals? In the digital world this can be true. Once the input media reader decides on the sequence of "ones" and "zeros" it writes the same series to the output media (the copy). The ones and zeros of the original actually are two "states" (in a CD this w... | |
| Old Dynaco Speakers? With reference to another thread..."High End" is not eqivalent to "High Price".Also, the type of music is a major factor. As I have said a few times, really lousy horn driver speakers sound really good when you play dixieland jazz. I have some lit... | |
| Electrical Question A 75 foot blue spruce tree 50 feet from my house was struck The tree exploded!Electricity came under the ground, throwing 100 pound stones of a wall 50 feet, and broke the corner of the house foundation. Every fuse in the house was blown, but not ... | |
| how to eliminate air-born RF RF is not "air born" and you can't hear RF (even if you are a bat).Find out where the noise is originating by using a cardboard tube (like the kind paper towels are wound on). Listen through the tube, and move it around until you find the source. ... |